II. Violence against civilians

Massacres of villagers, bombings of buses, trains and public places, assassinations, forced expulsions and the recruitment of children.

1983 – 2009 · 1 record

18 Sept 1999 Corroborated

Gonagala massacre, Ampara District (1999)

Before dawn on 18 September 1999, LTTE terrorists killed 50 to 54 Sinhalese villagers, including children, in Gonagala and two nearby hamlets in Ampara District.

Attacks on Civilians Gonagala, 31 Colony, Ampara District 50–54 killed 5 sources